October 17, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to be bound by a deadline to finalize safe limits for the drinking water contaminant perchlorate, ending a dispute with the Natural Resources Defense Council over how to construe deadlines in the Safe Drinking Water Act.
October 12, 2016
The Natural Resources Defense Council on Wednesday asked a New York federal judge to rule that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is past its deadline to finalize safe limits for the drinking water contaminant perchlorate, saying the ruling is necessary to keep Safe Drinking Water Act suits within a sensible time frame.
September 20, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency failed to meet its deadline to propose limits for the drinking water contaminant perchlorate, a New York federal judge ruled Monday, but he refused a request by the Natural Resources Defense Council to rule the agency failed to finalize the limits as well.
September 15, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is going back on an admission it failed to promulgate regulations on a toxic chemical that can pollute drinking water, the Natural Resources Defense Council told a New York federal court Wednesday amid the two sides' disagreement over what the EPA's timeline to finalize regulations is.
August 31, 2016
In response to a lawsuit by the Natural Resources Defense Council, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency acknowledged in New York federal court Wednesday that it had failed its legal obligation to propose and promulgate regulations on perchlorate, a toxic chemical that can pollute drinking water.
February 18, 2016
The Natural Resources Defense Council on Thursday sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its alleged failure to set limits on perchlorate, a toxic chemical that can pollute drinking water.